In our final chapter of the Game of the Year saga, we break down the best console exclusives of 2014 before winding down with a LENGTHY discussion about what THE game of the year was to be. Be warned for those who have been listening to the podcast version to see how the winners were picked: This is the lengthiest podcast of the group by almost double.

Happy New Year Shogun Gamers! Hopefully everyone has fully recovered from the festivities and is ready for another year. 2015 is starting to look like an awesome year for video gamers, but before we dive into what's next we're going to finish up with what we liked in 2014.

Welcome to Part 2 of our four-part series running down the top of games of 2014. Continuing where we left off yesterday, we have a few more categories, nominations, and awards to offer up for Shogun Gamer's official Game of the Year discussion... and our number one choice for the best game of 2014 is just around the corner.

In the meantime, enjoy and Happy New Year!

Winners are shown at the top of the list, and highlighted with asterisks.

The time, being the end of the year, has come for us to begin our breakdown of the very best games of 2014. Last week the writing staff of Shogun Gamer hopped on a Skype call and locked ourselves in a virtual room to hash out what we believed was the best of the best.